# Incident 19990825041239I: Amd FALCOND, Pontiac, MI, August 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1999, 07:45 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland-Pontiac
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: GXPA
- Location: 42.6492° N, 83.2874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pontiac, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Aircraft: N618GA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCOND
- Reported engine: GE CF7002D2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990825041239I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON CLIMB-OUT FROM DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, CARGO DOOR OPENED ON AIRCRAFT AND TRAILED APPROX. 4 INCHES. CREW LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT AT PTK, PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.  PORTION OF CRAGO LINER FODDED #1 ENGINE.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT DOOR WARNING/LATCH SYSTEM WAS OPERATING PROPERLY.  OPERATOR'S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF MAINTENANCE REPORTED FAILURE OF ONE DOOR PULLEY AFTER SEVERAL MORE FLIGHTS.  AIRCRAFT DOOR MANUFACTURER CAONSULTED BY OPERATOR AND FOUND NO INITIAL PROBLEMS WITH DOOR.  DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR OPERATOR RE-EMPHASIZED DOOR OPERATION AND OPERATION TESTING OF WARNING SYSTEM WITH FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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